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PRONUNCIATION OF HALF-HOPING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HALF-HOPING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Half-Hoping is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HALF-HOPING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of half-hoping in the English dictionary

The definition of half-hoping in the dictionary is having or expressing some hope.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HALF-HOPING

half-forward
half-frame
half-frozen
half-full
half-grown
half-hardy
half-hearted
half-heartedly
half-heartedness
half-hitch
half-hose
half-hour
half-hourly
half-human
half-hunter
half-inch
half-jack
half-joking
half-jokingly
half-leather

WORDS THAT END LIKE HALF-HOPING

blood doping
camping
coping
Deng Xiaoping
doping
drooping
financial doping
galloping
gene doping
helping
loping
magmatic stoping
scalloping
sloping
stooping
stoping
trooping
undrooping
unstooping
walloping

Synonyms and antonyms of half-hoping in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «half-hoping» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HALF-HOPING

Find out the translation of half-hoping to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of half-hoping from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «half-hoping» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

半希望
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

medio - esperando
570 millions of speakers

English

half-hoping
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आधा उम्मीद कर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أمل - نصف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

наполовину надеясь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

- esperando metade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অর্ধ-প্রত্যাশী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

demi- espoir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Setengah berharap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Halb Hoffnung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハーフ望んで
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

반 기대
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Setengah ngarep
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nửa hy vọng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அரை நம்பிக்கையுடன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अर्धा आशेने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yarım umut
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

metà speranza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pół nadzieję
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

наполовину сподіваючись
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

- jumătate sperând
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μισό - ελπίζοντας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

half- hoop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

halv - hopp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

halv håper
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of half-hoping

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HALF-HOPING»

The term «half-hoping» is normally little used and occupies the 141.620 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HALF-HOPING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about half-hoping

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HALF-HOPING»

Discover the use of half-hoping in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to half-hoping and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Typographic Workbook: A Primer to History, Techniques, and ...
ABCDEFGHIJKLIVINOPQRSTUVWXYZ ABCDEFGHIJKLIVINOPQRSTUVWXYZ ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 6/9 There seemed to be no use in waiting by the little door, so she went back to the table, half hoping she might find ...
Kate Clair, Cynthia Busic-Snyder, 2012
2
Do You Want Five Million Dollars?
"You're acting crazy," she said on impulse, half joking, half hoping he would agree and snap out of it, half hoping he would realize it was the truth, half hoping she wouldn't. Too many halves. "I'm the crazy one?" he asked. "I'm the crazy one?
Brent Yamamoto, 2006
3
The Wonderful Adventures of Phra the Phoenician
I put back my sword, smiling to think it had been so nearly drawn, but yet stood expectant, half wondering, half hoping I knew not what, and gazing raptly on that mighty iron carcass perched there like some black incubus, almost fancying all the ...
Edwin Lester Arnold, 2007
4
Long Distance: A Year of Living Strenuously
I'd spent the first couple of months half convinced we should shut Dad down, half hoping that something would kill him fast. More than half hoping. I didn't like watching, and I didn't like feeling compelled to watch. It would have been easier for ...
Bill McKibben, 2000
5
Fishing Season
I cast a blue and white fly the size of my hand into the edge of the ball, heart racing, half hoping a marlin would hit it, half hoping it wouldn't. There was a crashing take and the line screamed from the reel, but it was 'only' a 15-pound longtail.
Philip Weigall, 2011
6
Red Alert
She held herself tense, half hoping he'd come down the stairs, half hoping he wouldn't. He hadn't appeared by the time the cab pulled up. “Your loss,” she muttered as she punched in the codes that would let her out of the house, out of the ...
Jessica Andersen, 2011
7
Sex, Social Purity, and Sarah Grand: Selected letters
Sarah Grand to Gladys Singers-Bigger. From 7, Sion Hill Place, Bath. I was half hoping you would come yesterday, half hoping you would not. I thought of our old happy times together, dear one, when things were so easy - as it seems now.
Ann Heilmann, Stephanie Forward, 2000
8
Treatment Approaches with Suicidal Adolescents
... and she became both openly rebellious and deeply discouraged. She began drinking, usually with a group of neighborhood cronies, and then began taking small secret overdoses of this and that, half hoping she'd be found out, half hoping ...
James K. Zimmerman, Gregory M. Asnis, 1995
9
A Cure for Love (Mills & Boon Modern) (Penny Jordan Collection)
At the back of her mind, unwanted and dangerous, lay the knowledge that she was half hoping that, even though with Jessica back at university there was no real reason for him to do so, Lewis would get in touch with her. Half hoping...and half ...
Penny Jordan, 2013
10
Bulletproof Hearts
She shrugged, shifted the weight of her briefcase to her other hand. “It might, but the trial's still a long way off and I have a lot of work to do before then.” He was silent for a long moment. She waited, half-hoping he would just walk away and ...
Brenda Harlen, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HALF-HOPING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term half-hoping is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Walk, run — and sip — along Boulder Ale Trail
... walk or run along the 15-mile trail. In April, he started calling around to see if breweries wanted to sponsor the site, half-hoping no one would ... «The Denver Post, Jul 15»
2
6 unbelievable military love stories
Only half-hoping he'd be alive, Olga rushed to the now liberated and nearly desolate camp — and against all odds — found Julius, who was ... «We Are The Mighty, Jun 15»
3
My daddy the dictator: Stalin played with his daughter like a cat with …
She alone of his family had watched by his deathbed after his stroke while his ministers dashed in and out, half-hoping, half-fearing he would ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
4
ECB plans to cut Championship games
And when we hear one day that the ECB is half-hoping that the Blast will fail to be able to set in place a franchise system, suddenly changing ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, May 15»
5
Septuagenarian Romance I'll See You in My Dreams Is Itself a Catch
... almost criminally appealing Sam Elliott — and sparks a romance that just might be the nebulous something Carol has been half-hoping for. «Village Voice, May 15»
6
Standing down: MPs say goodbye to Parliament for the last time
Having now received the all-clear he was half-hoping Conservative Central Office would draft him into a new seat. And pity Tim Yeo, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
7
Lena Hall's Rock Prowess Shines at the Café Carlyle (Photos)
I was half-hoping Hall would rock out like Ms. Monáe but alas she didn't, probably because of her footwear (the only comment I'll make about ... «PopMatters, Apr 15»
8
Apple Watch: the definitive review
I was half-hoping to put on the Watch in the morning and use it instead of my phone, but that didn't happen. I grab my phone first thing in the ... «The Verge, Apr 15»
9
Chelsea have been surrounding referees for a while... that's the …
I think Luiz would have been half-hoping for that same reaction from Chelsea. As for Welbeck, he's a young man early in his career and was ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
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Chelsea tried to sign Arsenal record goalscorer Thierry Henry in …
I think [David] Luiz would have been half-hoping for that same reaction from Chelsea. "As for Welbeck, he's a young man early in his career and ... «International Business Times UK, Mar 15»

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